{"id":25519,"date":"2013-12-20T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T14:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-beans-on-toast-giving-everything\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:29:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:29:42","slug":"album-review-beans-on-toast-giving-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-beans-on-toast-giving-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Beans on Toast – Giving Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"There\u2019s something about Beans on Toast<\/strong> that I find oddly polarising. I\u2019ve seen him live a few times, mostly supporting Frank Turner, and I generally quite like his song-writing style. Unfortunately, I find his singing voice massively grating, and it makes it hard to concentrate on a whole album without annoyance setting in after a few tracks. With that confession out there, I have to admit I still really like this album, even if I wouldn\u2019t particularly want to listen to it on repeat.<\/p>\n

\u2018Giving Everything\u2019<\/em> is a brilliant summary of both the mundane and the important things in life. In thirty minutes, Beans on Toast <\/strong>touches on Prince Harry killing Prince William; the commercialisation of gig venues; not being able to get a gig at Glastonbury; post-festival blues; the government outlawing wanking; fracking; giving up cocaine; a brush with cancer; and his favourite guitar. The fact that in one breath he can be declaring \u201cwar is bad and killing is wrong\u201d<\/em> and in the next be talking about telling his doctor his cancer scare was caused by \u201csmoking, fags and snorting cocaine\u201d<\/em> is a triumph in itself. This mixing of topics reminds me of Billy Bragg in a way, and it\u2019s the blending of his everyday adventures as a working class bloke with the weighty contemplation of socio-political issues that warms me to him so much.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Simple and relatable, \u2018Giving Everything\u2019<\/em> is essentially a collection of songs written by your mate down the pub. While it may have been released at the wrong time of the year for me to fully emphasise with the \u2018Post-Bestival Festival Blues\u2019<\/em>, if you rewind a few months it makes for the perfect September anthem. Both \u2018Favourite Thing I Own\u2019 <\/em>and \u2018Keep You\u2019<\/em> are heartfelt ballads, though one is aimed at his guitar and the other at his girlfriend, I actually found the ode to Beans on Toast\u2019s<\/strong> guitar more heart-warming. My favourite track is \u2018Charlie\u2019<\/em> a reggae-infused track about giving up cocaine that wouldn\u2019t sound amiss on a The Skints album.\u00a0 <\/span>Songs like \u2018Who Is Big Jeff?<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018Sold Out Shows\u2019 <\/em>are wonderfully reflective of today\u2019s music scene, and for a 30-something bloke who can\u2019t get a gig at Glastonbury (his words, not mine), \u2018Giving Everything\u2019<\/em>, has turned out to be one of the most refreshing albums I\u2019ve heard this year (even if I can\u2019t listen to it for too long). If you like Ben Marwood, Frank Turner or artists of a similar ilk, this album should shoot straight to the top of your \u2018must have\u2019 list.<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

\u2018Giving Everything’ by Beans on Toast<\/b> is out now on Xtra Mile Recordings<\/b>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Beans on Toast<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Jay Sullivan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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